Word: rebels
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...bold attempt, nevertheless, and embodies a real philosophy. The theory of eternal strife assumes a futuristic form as the Age of Science tempestuously follows its course to a "sane and practical" Utopia. Futility, the imperfection of mere humanity, the loss of individuality, and the desire for happiness all rebel against the omnipotence of science, and the final fade-out leaves with us the unanswered question: "The conquest of the universe--or nothing! What shall...
Regular Gross. Bright Eyes ended all doubts about Shirley Temple's future. It cost $190,000, earned that much in three weeks. Since Bright; Eyes she has appeared in The Little Colonel, Our Little Girl, Curly Top and The Littlest Rebel. Each Temple picture-the totals vary less than those of any other star-grosses between $1,000,000 and $1,500,000. They cost between $200,000 and $300,000. Story, cast and background are relatively unimportant. Temple pictures are rarely held up in production and often finished ahead of shooting schedule. She makes four a year...
Doll & Tears. In one morning, Shirley Temple's crony and hero, Tap Dancer Bill Robinson, who was in The Little Colonel and The Littlest Rebel, taught her a soft-shoe number, a waltz clog and three tap routines. She learned them without looking at him, by listening to his feet. She appreciates the show-business slogan, "The show must go on" so thoroughly that it serves to repress her reactions to the bumps &; bangs sustained in acting. In Captain January she fell over a lamp and hurt her leg. On another occasion she slammed a door on her hand...
...retreating of the three-part rhythm, and the rollicking gaiety that eddies in its midst, make one think that he was born anywhere from eighty to twenty years too late. There may have been war in 1839 between Joseph Lanner and Johann Strauss, the waltz-king and the brilliant rebel, but that war had more melody and harmony than a hundred years of our stodgy peace. At any rate, open dissension is boiling away at the very moment when Sir Philip, Superintendent of the Court of Balls, emissary of Queen Victoria, arrives in Vienna to choose the best orchestra...
...court at Charlestown, Va. (now Charles Town, W. Va.), to hear sentence passed. A New York Tribune reporter was nearby. "Brown sat up in bed, while the verdict was rendered." he telegraphed his paper. "The jury found him guilty of treason, advising and conspiring with slaves and others to rebel, and for murder in the first degree. Brown lay down quickly and said nothing. There was no demonstration of any kind." Recording John Brown's execution, the Tribune somewhat jauntily noted: "The old man was swung off at 11:15 precisely...